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The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.

Recent Takedown Notices

  1. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  2. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  3. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
  4. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
  5. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
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  1. "Google lobbies hard to derail new US privacy laws – using dodgy stats - - Expect to hear a lot about censorship an… https://t.co/ZLUVDyEIWb
  1. "Balancing rights and the right to be forgotten" https://t.co/tEKHxggVRi
  1. "Repeat Infringer Policy Doesn’t Have to Be Spelled Out, Appeals Court Rules" https://t.co/9OsfdoU7u3
  1. RT @marklemley: Fed Cir holds Google's use of Oracle's APIs is not fair use as a matter of law. The court upends quite a lot of fair use la…

From the Blog

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  3. Data from the Lumen Database Highlights How Companies Use Fake Websites and Backdated Articles to Censor Google’s Search Results Mostafa El Manzalawy - 2017 Lumen Summer Intern on
  4. (Part 3) Serving a Self: Reading the Law into Popular Conceptualizations of the Right of Publicity Chris Crum - 2017 Lumen Summer Intern on
  5. Bad Reviews: How Companies Are Using Fake Websites to Censor Content Mostafa El Manzalawy - 2017 Lumen Summer Intern on
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